Historical Events In March - 11

1943  On this day in history nazi Militia forms in Netherlands   

1944  Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on March - 11.   

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on March - 11.   

1945  On this day in history 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs   

1945  On March - 11 flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death   

1947  On March - 11 ottawa-born Barbara Ann Scott gets a ticker-tape parade down Bay Street after winning the World Figure Skating Championship; a year later she wins Olympic Gold.   

1947  On March - 11 victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45   

1948  Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed on March - 11.   

1948  On March - 11 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)   

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78   

1951  Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1953  An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches on this day in history.   

1953  1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) on this day in history.   

1954  US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics on March - 11.   

1955  On this day in history alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73   

1956  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

1956  On March - 11 sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83   

1957  On this day in history richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68   

1958  On March - 11 charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"   

1959  On March - 11 the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight   

1959  On March - 11 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  On March - 11 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens   

1959  On March - 11 haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76   

1960  Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on March - 11.   

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79   

1963  On this day in history somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain   

1963  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies on March - 11.   

1965  On March - 11 indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto   

1965  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 11 james Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered   

1966  Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 11 pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on March - 11.   

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on this day in history.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on March - 11.   

0859  On March - 11 death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr   

1198  On this day in history death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)   

1486  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on March - 11.   

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on March - 11.   

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on March - 11.   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.